Jaachị Anyatọnwụ's Blog, page 24
October 12, 2022
A Sneak Peak Into A Bard’s Mind
With headlamps strapped to our heads
we search faces for muses,
strange faces become stranger faces,
words mask themselves in obscurity
leaving us with vague lines and forced rhymes.
With headphones plugged on our heads,
we lean painstakingly toward a cacophony,
as to decipher what voice is muse,
what demon to reuse,
but a stampede of voices fall, one against the other,
until we are lost connecting the dots
for the labyrinths that we create
in brief moments of terrific...
what sin is it? (for the international day of the girl child)
to star on her hero stages
other than scar her beautiful
what sin is it?
to wish our girls
what we wish our boys
what sin is it?
to sing same solemn songs to her,
that we whisper to our boys
what sin is it?
to pray the sun into her moon
and match her pink with our blue
what sin is it?
to remind our boys
she’s human first, before a girl
what sin is it?
to enhance her voice
and not shadow her existence
October 11, 2022
A Random Thought On Commitment
Most things in life, I believe, need more preparedness than desire. You may desire something, but you may not be prepared for it. Do you have any idea? “Things demand responsibility,” my grandpa used to say, “therefore when you aren’t ready for them, desire fades and duty becomes a weight.” The more I think about it, the more it makes sense.
Simply said, I would characterise this preparedness as the sense you experience when you are willing to commit. I know it seems like I’ve said it a coupl...
October 5, 2022
Life In The Crucible
‘Life In The Crucible’ will remind you of the chaotic prancing of a depressed mind posed by the dissenting voices of never-resting demons.
Jaachị Anyatọnwụ
The battle within all of us as we colour existence with our lives can be profoundly depressing. In people, depression manifests itself in a variety of ways. Depression manifests itself in far more severe ways in some individuals than in others. It is quite impossible to comprehend what depression is like without ever experiencing it.
October 3, 2022
8 Tips for Writing Better Poetry
When we first start writing poetry, our work is amateurish and awkward. We might write poems that are cute or silly, poems that don’t make much sense, or poems that are murky, excessive, or verbose. We express ourselves but fail to generate poems that compel readers. But with practice and by putting a little effort into our poetry writing, our poems can blossom and become riveting — for us and for our readers.
Here are 8 tips for writing better poetry. Thes...
September 29, 2022
The Truth About Book Editing
Why not just have your spouse, closest friend, or a roommate with an English degree proofread your book? After all, they can write, understand grammar, and have read a lot of books. Isn’t it enough to qualify them?
Do you believe that everyone can write books? Without a high degree of expertise, ability, as well as some good old experimentation, probably not.
The same may be said about editors. Book editing is a specialized skill. The greatest editors not only ensure that your manuscript i...
September 28, 2022
hope’s dead and so am i
last night
i fashioned a gun
from the leftover debris of
disappointments, fails, hurts
fully loaded
i aimed at the heart of hope
i fired seven shots
hope fell
her last words were
“it gets better”
then i shot myself
it gets better
in the afterlife
yeah?
